gúna
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish gúna (“gown; outer tunic or dress”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman gune, goune (“fur-trimmed coat, pelisse”), from Old French goune, from Late Latin gunna (“leather garment, a fur”). Cognate with Manx gooyn, English gown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡuːn̪ˠə/, /ˈɡuːnˠə/
Noun
Declension
Declension of gúna
Derived terms
- fo-ghúna (“slip”)
- gúna breithimh (“judge's robe”)
- gúna damhsa (“ball gown”)
- gúna oíche (“nightdress, nightie”)
- gúna ollaimh (“professor's gown”)
- gúna pósta (“wedding dress”)
- gúna tí (“housecoat”)
- gúna tráthnóna (“evening gown”)
- gúnadóir (“dressmaker”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gúna | ghúna | ngúna |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Entries containing “gúna” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gúna” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gúna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gúna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21
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